{"id":53478,"date":"2014-10-04T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T10:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=53478"},"modified":"2014-10-04T21:14:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T21:14:17","slug":"ebola-parliament-to-grill-health-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/ebola-parliament-to-grill-health-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola: Parliament to grill Health Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, has directed the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health to interrogate the Ministers of Local Government and Health over the nation\u2019s preparedness to deal with an Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is to afford the Ministers the opportunity to brief the House through the committee on the measures being put in place to deal with a possible outbreak of the deadly disease.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker issued this directive on the back of an urgent question asked by the Manhyia South Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Re[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;rLb3JIm8TvazDW4YUcXdFMPtaPbhq7j6&#8243;]His question was also an attempt to drag the Health Ministry to Parliament to answer questions on Ghana\u2019s Ebola surveillance plans.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament was called for an <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/01\/parliament-to-resume-sitting-today\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>emergency sitting on Wednesday<\/strong><\/span><\/a> during which they considered and approved a number of new multi-million dollar loans and other agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators among other things, also approved the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/02\/spio-garbrah-lied-to-appointment-committee-minority-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>appointment of Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah<\/strong><\/span><\/a> as Trade and Industry Minister<\/p>\n<p>During the special meeting, the Speaker acknowledged the concerns raised, Dr. Opoku Prempeh but explained that the House was unable to get the necessary update on the matter \u201cbecause when the Member from Manhyia South raised the issue, we thought that our sitting was going to extend but that will not be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministers are therefore expected to brief the select committee on Ghana\u2019s preparedness for any eventualities in that regard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Doe Adjaho added that after the briefing of the select committee, \u201cthe leadership of Parliament will then decide whether to call the Ministers here when we re-open and when the House re-convenes by the end of this month or early November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Victor Bampoe has told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/03\/ebola-ghana-is-moderately-ready-dr-bampoe\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>the nation is \u201cmoderately\u201d prepared<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>to combat the disease, adding that, preparations are still underway.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/29\/head-of-ebola-emergency-response-arrives-in-accra\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>United Nations (UN) Mission on Ebola Emergency Response<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (UNMEER) is also in the country to establish a logistics centre in Accra where\u00a0250 UN personnel will be operating from.<\/p>\n<p>They will be assisting Ebola-stricken nations to fight and contain the disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, has directed the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health to interrogate the Ministers of Local Government and Health over the nation\u2019s preparedness to deal with an Ebola outbreak. 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